BOSC CoFest 2023 was organized in Lyon, as a satellite event of BOSC. CoFest is a free hackathon-style event, where participants gather in small groups to exchange ideas and work together on bioinformatics projects including but not limited to hacking.
BOSC CollaborationFest 2023 Report
September 29th, 2023 by Jérémy JustBOSC 2023 Report
August 14th, 2023 by Nomi HarrisThe 24th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, BOSC 2023, took place as part of ISMB/ECCB 2023 in Lyon, France, and […]
Daniela Senra: My Experience at the Human Cell Atlas General Meeting 2023
August 2nd, 2023 by Daniela SenraThe Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source bioinformatics software development […]
Call for the second round of OBF Event Fellowship 2023 and the first 2023 round overview.
July 5th, 2023 by Caleb KibetThe call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2023, round 2, is now open. The deadline for this round […]
ISCBacademy webinar on Patient-Led Research
March 7th, 2023 by Nomi HarrisHannah Wei, co-founder and technologist at the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, will speak at a webinar on March 14 at 15:00 UTC on “Re-Thinking the Patient’s Role in a Learning Health System.”
Call for the second round of OBF Event Fellowship 2022 & overview from the first round
August 12th, 2022 by Malvika SharanThe call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2022, round 2 is now open. The deadline for this round […]
My trip to the EMBO neural stem cells workshop
June 23rd, 2022 by Jemima BeckerThe Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open source bioinformatics software […]
Furkan M. Torun: Highlights of my participation at PyCon IT 2022
June 17th, 2022 by Furkan TorunThe Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open source bioinformatics software […]
Gemma Turon: Highlights of my participation at the BOSC-2021 conference thanks to an OBF Event Fellowship
August 31st, 2021 by gemmaturonThe BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund enabled awardees to register for free for BOSC 2021, an annual conference hosted by […]
Summary of my participation at the GLBIO-2021 conference funded by OBF Event Fellowship
June 7th, 2021 by Sona CharlesThe Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program supports and encourages diverse participation at events focusing on open source bioinformatics […]
Call for applications for OBF Event Fellowship, Round 1 of 2021
February 19th, 2021 by Malvika SharanThe call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2021, round 1 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 April 2021. Applications should be submitted via this Google Form.
BOSC 2021 will be part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 (online)
February 12th, 2021 by Nomi HarrisBOSC is returning to ISMB in 2021, after a successful partnership with Galaxy for the first Bioinformatics Community Conference last […]
Planning an online vs. an in-person conference: which is harder?
September 1st, 2020 by Nomi HarrisOnline. By at least a factor of two. Our recent article entitled Lessons learnt from organizing a virtual conference discusses […]
BCC2020 pre-conference open house
July 8th, 2020 by Nomi HarrisAfter much discussion, the BCC2020 organizing committee has decided to hold the meeting on Remo.co, which is similar to Zoom […]
BOSC 2020 will be online
March 24th, 2020 by Nomi HarrisThe 2020 Bioinformatics Community Conference (BCC2020), which brings together the BOSC and Galaxy communities, will take place online–more info here. […]
Meeting report: BOSC 2019, the 20th Annual BOSC
August 1st, 2019 by Nomi HarrisAs Europe experienced a record-breaking heat wave, BOSC 2019 attendees stayed cool in the Basel Congress Center (and many took […]
BOSC late-round abstract submission closes May 15!
May 9th, 2019 by Nomi HarrisIf you’d like the opportunity to present your work at BOSC 2019 (which will take place in Basel, Switzerland, on […]
BOSC 2017 report
October 28th, 2017 by Nomi HarrisBOSC 2017 (https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2017) was held in Prague in July 2017 as part of the annual ISMB conference. Nearly 250 people, […]